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This is CNBC's Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Wednesday. This year's FIFA World Cup isn't over yet. But as CNBC's Alex Sherman reports, media companies are already thinking about how to get rights to the next ones. Stock

Modding tool 'DLSS Swapper' might infect your PC with malware if you download the wrong files — App creator warns against using random, user-submitted DLLs After a recently uploaded DLL was found to contain malware. DLSS Swapper is an open-source app that does exactly what it sou

The News ADNOC’s retail arm is hunting for deals in Africa and Southeast Asia days after its $1 billion swoop on a South African gas station chain. “Africa is the destination of choice, but we’re not limited to it,” ADNOC Distribution’s CEO Bader Al Lamki told Semafor. “Southeast

Edysor.ai, a voice AI platform that deploys intelligent agents for enterprise lead conversion, has raised Rs 1.2 crore in a pre seed funding round led by angel investor Jasmine Sarupria. The fresh funds will be used to accelerate product development, enhance AI capabilities, expa

Second Major Virginia Data Center Project Dies, Raising AI Site Selection Stakes Days after QTS abandoned its $30 billion Digital Gateway project, county supervisors unanimously rejected the first planning step for a proposed 43 million-square-foot data center campus. The Prince

T-Mobile has announced an executive reshuffle, as the company's chief business and product officer, Mike Katz, confirmed he will depart the carrier later this year. As part of the rejig, the carrier also revealed that former AT&T veteran Chris Sambar will join the company as chie

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Save $527 on this 1440p gaming PC from Newegg with a 16GB RTX 5060 Ti right now — huge discount for high-end performance rig with an Intel Core i7-14700F, 32GB DDR5, and a 1TB SSD A powerful rig for 1440p gaming PC builders and buyers are being forced to deal with persistent pric

MOST POPULAR AI - AI and ML OpenAI makes ChatGPT better at banter With GPT-Live, talking, listening, and formulating answers all happen at once - ai and ml The AI that spawned MechaHitler and deepfake porn puts on a suit to become legal advisor and Excel jockey The newly renamed

Valve releases drivers, notes to make Windows work on Steam hardware, but refuses to support it — tells users it doesn’t offer support for ‘Windows on Steam Hardware,’ gaming company provides resources ‘as is’ Why tho Gamers who find themselves “limited” by SteamOS capabilities c

Oil prices jumped to above pre-war levels after the US and Iran traded fire. Tehran said it had hit 85 US military targets in the Gulf in response to American strikes, which came after Iran attacked tankers in the Strait of Hormuz; the US has also revoked a sanctions waiver that

8Bitdo's wireless Pro 2 gaming controller falls to all-time low price — hall-effect gamepad is 38% off, just $37.19 Hall-effect gaming with savings Peripheral maker 8Bitdo makes some seriously good controllers, and for very respectable prices in comparison to the competition. You

US President Donald Trump wants to sell F-35 jets to Ankara, setting him on a collision course with his own lawmakers as well as Israel. Washington blocked arms sales to Türkiye after it imported Russian-made air defense systems in 2017: Officials worry the technology could gathe

Danish Prime Minister Mette Fredriksen said her country was ready to defend Greenland, after President Donald Trump again said the US should control the island. Trump’s renewed attacks on NATO have “blindsided” diplomats who had set up this week’s summit to appease him, the Finan

Paige and Leura Craig aren’t looking for product-market fit, a Stanford degree, or a Zuck-evoking hoodie. They’re looking for entrepreneurs with preternatural forward momentum. “Basically, we’re looking for these monsters that can make decisions in chaos, constantly getting thing

Nvidia touts Vera CPU's single-threaded performance as its agentic AI advantage, reveals next-gen 'Rigel' Arm CPU cores — frames chip as a 'max single-threaded CPU at scale,' not a parallel monster AI agents, like humans, demand high single-threaded performance Only a little whil

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The News South Africa is considering rolling out tax cuts to revive its struggling industrial hubs, in line with a World Bank recommendation to help reverse a long-term manufacturing slump and unlock billions in idle corporate cash. The major policy push to extend the 15% corpora

Arrest and extradition of Scattered Spider hacker shines light on how Windows telemetry GDIDs can identify and track users — Microsoft device identifier is just one digital fingerprint in a software world rife with them A harsh lesson on Windows telemetry, protecting online anony

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One of the most significant developments today is the rapid growth of data centers and other artificial intelligence-related infrastructure. This is true of Africa, too, where demand for digital services is accelerating. South Africa, in particular, has emerged as one of the cont

Space Force gets first mobile high-powered electromagnetic beam weapon to cripple enemy satellites — plans to deploy 32 ‘Meadowlands’ units to detect, deny, disrupt, and degrade hostile space assets System uses directional antennas and high‑power RF amplifiers for highly targeted

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EV mobility platform Milo Drive has raised $2.4 million in a seed funding round led by Caret Capital, with participation from Antler India, Alteria Capital, IAN Capital, Climate Angels, Aureolis Capital, and other investors. The proceeds will be used to support EV adoption and fo

Elevate Education, formerly known as Sunstone, has secured Rs 170 crore ($17.7 million) in Series D funding from WestBridge Capital. Back in August 2022, Elevate had raised $35 million in a series C funding round led by WestBridge Capital with participation from existing investor

Manhunt for suspect in deaths of mum and children - Published A manhunt is continuing for a murder suspect believed to have killed a mother and her two children before fleeing the UK. Bedfordshire Police forced entry into a house on Carnoustie Drive, Great Denham, near Bedford, o

Digital payments and fintech platform PhonePe has appointed Srijon Biswas as its Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In his new role, Biswas will lead PhonePe’s engineering organisation. He has been with the company for several years, leading engineering across multiple teams and con

INOX India share price surged over 5% on Wednesday, 8 July, after the company announced that it had secured orders worth ₹939 crore across its key business segments since 21 May, boosting investor sentiment. In an exchange filing, the company said the new orders span its Industri

The days of Nvidia’s unparalleled market dominance aren’t over, but challengers and choices are arising from all directions. ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has released inference-performance software that allows a variety of open-source l

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Has Harry's war with the press finally run out of road? - Published These are the dying days of what has become known as the "hacking scandal". The latest judge to grapple with sprawling allegations of wrongdoing at newspapers has handed down a devastating verdict on the evidence